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Nominate Someone Extraordinary for a 2024 AISC Award
AISC is accepting nominations for its 2024 awards honoring outstanding industry professionals, designers, and educators!
Submit Your Structure for the Industry's Top Design Award
The 2024 IDEAS² Awards competition is now accepting entries--with five new categories centered around steel innovation!
Show Off Your Innovative Steel Bridge
If you've recently worked on a bridge that embodies the pioneering spirit of modern bridge-building, nominate it for the 2024 Prize Bridge Awards!
IDEAS² Winner: Moynihan Train Hall
New York has a grand new rail entrance--thanks to the structural steel-driven transformation of a landmarked postal building into a 21st-century transportation hub.
16th Edition Manual Available
It's here! The newest edition of the Steel Construction Manual is available for purchase.
Level Up Your End-Plate Moment Connections
AISC's new Design Guide 39 is your one-stop shop for design procedures for end-plate moment connections! You'll find thorough discussions of design concepts, the latest design procedures, and much more.
Win $15,000 for Your Conceptual Steel Design
AISC's Forge Prize is back for 2024--with expanded eligibility! Entries are open for emerging architects, architecture educators, and graduate students through November 30.
AISC Releases End-Plate Moment Connection Design Guide
"Design Guide 39 incorporates the latest information to create the go-to resource for designers," said AISC Vice President of Engineering and Research Christopher H. Raebel, SE, PE, PhD. September 20, 2023Structural Stability Researcher to Receive 2024 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award
"Dr. Schafer's work in the areas of structural stability and local buckling in hot-rolled structural members is consistently outstanding," said AISC Vice President of Engineering and Research Christopher H. Raebel, SE, PE, PhD. "It is a privilege to have him represent AISC as a T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award recipient." September 19, 2023AISC Elects New Board of Directors Chair, Vice Chair
The AISC Board of Directors chose new leadership at its most recent meeting. Hugh McCaffrey of Southern New Jersey Steel in Vineland, N.J. was elected board chair Sept. 9 at AISC’s annual business meeting, and Glenn Tabolt of STS Steel in Schenectady, N.Y. was elected vice chair. September 14, 20232024 Student Steel Bridge Competition Rules Released
In this year's hypothetical scenario, Lincoln Parish Park in Ruston, La., is considering the addition of a disc golf course with a non-invasive, man-made river as a water hazard. And where there's water, there must be a bridge for players, park employees, and maintenance vehicles to get to the other side! September 5, 2023About Us
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States.
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